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1: Wealthy squatter house lawyer denies forging wills in ‘high-stakes’ battle over $20 million fortune | May 17, 2025

A wealthy lawyer who tried to use “squatter’s rights” to claim a pair of abandoned Sydney homes has now emerged at the centre of a bizarre legal battle for a $20m fortune…





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2: Trying to ‘rule from the grave’? The trouble with testamentary trusts | May 11, 2025

When it comes to divvying up your estate after death, testamentary trusts are often touted as an option. They can be a way to ‘rule from the grave’, giving you more control over the way your assets are distributed – placing them in a trust, rather than having them given directly to your beneficiaries…





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3: Millie Phillips, once Australia’s richest woman, creates chaos over her Will | November 19, 2019

The dirty laundry of a wealthy Sydney family has been aired in court during a battle over the colourful 90-year-old matriarch’s multimillion-dollar fortune…





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4: Death duties (Inheritance taxes) in Australia are Inevitable, says expert | November 8, 2019

Australian taxpayers are “bound to” be hit with an inheritance tax, Chief of financial advice firm Stanford Brown, Jonathan Hoyle has said, pointing to similar policies in the UK and US…





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5: How to stop your new spouse from cheating your kids out of inheritance | August 20, 2019

How would you feel if your estate went to a complete stranger, someone you’d never even met, instead of going to your children? It’s more likely than you might expect. Protecting your children’s inheritance is about good planning – and that can only happen through pragmatic awareness and recognition of what is legally possible…





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6: Bob Hawke’s Will To Be Legally Challenged By His Daughter | July 16, 2019

The daughter of Bob Hawke is reportedly mounting a legal challenge against Blanche d’Alpuget over his will, two months after his death…





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7: In Case I Unexpectedly Die – See My Fearless Last Wishes | July 14, 2019

Scott Pape from the Barefoot Investor has suggested that we all prepare a ‘fearless folder’ in the event of our untimely death, so that our family will know all our expectations and social media details not found in a traditional Will…





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8: Supreme Court rules for Colleen McCullough’s husband in Will dispute | August 8, 2018

Acclaimed Australian author Colleen McCullough left her entire estate to her husband Ric Robinson, the NSW Supreme Court has ruled at the end of a costly and bitter dispute over her multimillion-dollar estate…





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9: How to Protect Your Child’s Inheritance from a Future Divorce | June 20, 2018

The Selths believe their testamentary trust strategy will make it more transparent and equitable for all beneficiaries. “We had a will but it didn’t embrace everything we wanted. We knew where we wanted the money to go but we wanted to be sure the beneficiaries were our kids but that they were protected in the case of divorce.”..





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10: Evil ex-wife seeks to inherit deceased ex-husband’s fortune, despite years of false allegations | June 7, 2018

Former spouse, who engaged in a relentless campaign of false allegations of physical and sexual abuse after the divorce, makes claim on late ex-husband’s substantial estate 25 years after separation. Did she get anything?..




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